Pimlach

Well. We got some rest. We only have 3 lines with Girgs and Greenway out.

Damm that LeTang

Tuch that was great.

Howie Morenz

EJ got even with Smith. Basically said remember me ?

Shorty time

Lindy Ruff played wing and defense. As did Jerry Korab.

Kyle. RJ would call out “The Captain”.

LaFontaine

Skinner. Get another one

I hope you see a great 3rd and get a win.

After two, Donnie playing Dahlin 17 minutes, Power 13, Muel almost 12. Four others span the 7 to 9 minute range. I don’t know why we won’t go back to four lines. This is feeling a bit too Krueger-like.

When it rains it pours.

Penguins charging the net, bodies in front. Krebs and Ketang. I’ll take that trade. Go for 5 and 10 next time

They did. He wouldn’t shoot

No stick and we don’t shoot from that guys side. Not once. No matter how many times Dahlin fed it, they just pass. Olofsson is tits on a bull.

EJ with clean hit. Draws a penalty. Penguins must be untouchable.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. Missed the first. need some Muscle Weight Go Sabres

Ok. KA said last year was development; this year is play to win. What other options are there?

The goaltending was been good. The team defense as measured by GA is 18th out of 32. Last year we ranked 29th out of 32 in GA. This is a clear improvement. I believe that much if the improvement is because EJ and Clifton are so much better than last years crew of Clague/Boosh/Bryson/Stillman, plus team defense is being emphasized by all skaters. These factors are helping our goalies. UPL looks better than last year. Comrie is always hurt, hard to tell, probably about the same. Levi is playing below the level he played last year, his sample size of 7 NHL games last year was woefully too small for KA to think he was ready. Levi has had good moments and has the look of a kid that will make it. Lack of scoring is due to many reasons - injuries, slow starts to key players, changes in system emphasis, and most of all they just aren’t playing hard enough long enough

Probably because Tuch missed action twice so far and they moved lines around a lot. With Cozens in the doldrums and playing hurt, playing Peterka elsewhere was wise. When Quinn comes back I suspect they reunite the three again.

Ok, I get you on Cozens. We are in a bench Cozens thread. I disagree with it, you disagreed with rational for it, then added in the Power benching. Power sitting out one night is much more reasonable than Cozens right now since we have 7 decent defensemen and it might help him to watch and think through things. Without knowing what is in his head it’s hard to say if it’s the right thing to do. Confidence cannot be underestimated. Speaking of confidential, he was officially “hunted” last night and I prefer that he right now starts the ritual of pushing back and playing a tougher game. You can’t do that from the bench. I haven’t seen his fancy stats in a while, the last time I did he was grading well even with fans complaining about him. I try to look at the players total performance and their overall contribution to the team. Cozens and Power are important players. They all make mistakes on occasion and they all get scored on.

FIFY Conservation of energy today? Too much turkey?

Sad but true.

Most of this I like. Trading for a mid 6 guy is at the top of my list. Bench EJ and give Ryan more minutes? This I can't agree with. I think EJ is doing great for us. If Ryan gets more minutes he should get them from a combination of Joker, Clifton and EJ. Play 6 out of a rotation of 7.